Applied Medical, Tyco Bury Some Claims

Law360, New York (August 13, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT) -- Applied Medical Resources Corp. and Tyco International LP have decided to bury part of their long-running patent infringement dispute, agreeing to dismiss some of the claims they have fired against one another.

The medical device makers on Friday submitted a proposed order to dismiss with prejudice the allegations Applied Medical levied in two lawsuits against Tyco, and to chuck Tyco's subsequent counterclaims. The pact, however, does not settle two patent infringement lawsuits pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, or another...